Atardecer in english
pronunciation: sʌnset part of speech: noun
atardecer1 = dusk ; sundown ; sunset.
Example: Thoughts of this sort kept running about like clockwork mice in his head, while the murmur of chatter filled the room and outside dusk had yielded to black night.Example: She only went out for a walk but ended up staying out till sundown.Example: The software displays sunrise and sunset and automatically adjusts to summer or daylight saving time.more:
» al atardecer = at twilight ; at dusk .
Example: The play 'A Song at Twilight' tells the story of an embittered, closeted, world-famous writer who is faced with his murky past in the shape of his early mistress. Example: World-wide, the mantra for reducing potential shark attack is 'don't bathe at dawn and dusk'.» desaparecer en el horizonte cabalgando al atardecer = ride off into + the sunset .
Example: The novel champions bourgeois ideology when the two main characters surrounded by their many friends and admirers ride off into the sunset.» desde el amanecer hasta el atardecer = from dawn (to/till/until) dusk ; from sunrise to sunset ; from sun up to sun down ; from sun to sun .
Example: Each monk labored from dawn to dusk, six days a week, copying books by hand. Example: Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset to learn self-discipline, to know how the poor feel and to think about the blessings from Allah. Example: The workday for slaves was from sun up to sun down, six days a week. Example: A man's work is from sun to sun, but a mother's work is never done.» el cielo rojo al atardecer augura buen tiempo, el cielo rojo al amanecer augura mal tiempo = red sky at night, (shepherd/sailor)'s delight, red sky in the morning, (shepherd/sailor)'s warning [En inglés británico se utiliza shepherd y en americano sailor] .
Example: The old adage of 'red sky at night, shepherd's delight, red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning', has bearing only in the Northern Hemisphere.» largo atardecer = lingering sunset .
Example: The scythe, to me, conjures up a vision of warm summer days and lingering sunsets, straw hats, sackcloth and shire horses.» luz del atardecer = duskiness .
Example: Some of the photos are a bit dark; however, the duskiness does convey the hazy, 'frozen in time' feel of the room at that moment.» trabajar desde al amanecer hasta el atardecer = work from + sunrise to sunset .
Example: During the harvest season the field hands work from sunrise to sunset.atardecer2 = get + dark ; night + fall ; light + fail.
Example: When trying to find out exactly what time will it get dark tonight, there are several variables that need to be taken into account.Example: Finally, as night fell, we reached our last destination.Example: When the light began to fail she turned on a lamp next to the couch and continued the conversation with herself.